Tool for releasing tags



Aug. 24 1926. 4 1,597,087

J. H. L'YNCH TOOL FOR RELEASING TAGS Filed July 11, 1925 7.20 /5 7 WITNESS Z7 j WPf/5 INVENTOR Patented Au. 24, 19 26.

UNITED star-Es JOSEPH H. nYNo or asnimv nann new JERSEY.

TOOL FOR RELEASING TAGS.

Application filed July 11, 1925'. Serial No. 43,045.

In the laundry trade it has become customary to use .numbered identification tags, one for each piece, which are clasped on to the goods so, that the latter may have their ownership identified at any stage in the laundering process, all the tags belonging to one customer having the same number. These tags are in general applied by a tag applying machine and must be locked on to the clothes with sufficient force to prevent their becoming detached in going through the laundering machines. The problem of removing the tags by hand becomes difficult and my present invention relates to a tool for facilitating their removal.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents a side View of a tool with a laundry tag placed therein ready for removal from the goods;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tool;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the tool in its closed position;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section; and

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

The tag to which this tool is adapted consists of a folded strip of metal shown at 1, the fold forming at 2 an enlarged spring hinged part. A locking piece 3 is slidably supported upon one leg of the tag and has flanges 4 adapted to engage lugs 5 on the other leg when the said locking piece is slid in a direction away from the hinged part to hold the two legs of the clasp firmly together which should be the case when a piece of goods is to be clamped between the free ends of thetag as shown at 6. I The slide has a boss? which serves as a means for pushing the slide into the locking position when the tag is being applied by the applying machine and also as a means for retracting the slide when the clasp is to be released from the goods. To unclasp the slide is the object of thetool involving the present invention. This tool consists of two handle portions 8 and 9, the former having a blade 10 secured to it which blade has a shoulder at 11 against which the heel of the tag may be made to rest, to prevent rearward movement of the tag, a spring 12 holding the tag securely in this position. The other handle portion 9 has at its forward end permitting certain relative motions to take and 5) which forms an intermediate member between the two portions of the handles. The handle 9 alsohas inclined slotted lugs 15 secured to it at the rear end andmounted slidably on pin 17 supported by the blade 10. Blade 18 has at its outer end a lip 19 extending downwardly which lip is adapted to engage beyond the boss 7 of the sliding part of the tag. A spring 20 serves to spread the handles 8 and 9 apart when not clasped together by the hand of the operator. The operation of the device is as follows V A tag with the goods attached being inserted between the ends of blades 10 and 18 and held in position by spring 12, the operator presses down on handle 9 which, owing to the inclination of the lugs 15 causes said handle to move backward with respect to blade 10 carrying with it the blade .18 through lugs 13 .and 21 and pin 14:. The initial motion of the handle 9 has previously brought the lip 19 down behind the boss 7 and into firm contact with the tag as shown in Fig. 3. The rearward motion of the blade 18 slides the part 3 backward towards the hinge of the tag and unlocks the same, the hand being relaxed the handles 8 and 9 are spread apart by a spring 20 and at the same time the spring action of the tag mem-' bers open the tag to release the goods. The spring 12 during this release forces back the blade 18 so that the tag may be easily removed from the tool.

I claim 1. A tag removing tool comprising in combination two handle portions adapted to move toward and away from each other, one portion having a tag support and the other portion having a tag releasing member and means for causing the two portions of the tool to move endwise with respect to each other during the approaching and receding motions to efi'ect'first the unlocking of the tag and then the release of the same.

2. A tag removing tool comprising in combination two handle portions with an intermediate member between them, one handle portion having a tag support at its forward one end tothe intermediate member at its forward end and guidedat the other end on end and the other handle portion pivoted at the other portion by an inclined guide whereby an approach of the two portions will first force the intermediate member toward the tag support and then slide the same man wardly.

3. A tag removing tool comprising in combination t'wo handle portions with an in termediate member between them, one handle portion having a tag support at its forward end and the other handle portion pivoted at one end to the intermediate member at its forward end and guided at the other end on the oth r portion by an inclined guide and an ex ending spring between the intermediate member and the portion to which it pivoted, whereby an approach of the two portions will first force the intermediate member toward the tag support and then slide the same rearwardly.

4. A tag removing tool comprising in combination two handle portions with an intermediate member between them, one handle portion having a tag support at its forward end with a shoulder to prevent rear ward movement of the tag, and the other handle portion pivoted at one end to the intermediate member at its forward end and guided at the other end on the other portion by an inclined guide whereby an approach of the two portions will first force the intermediate member toward the tag support and then slide the same rearwardly.

JOSEPH 1-1. LYNoi-i. 

